Illinois' new law isn't sitting well with some Internet businesses. Some online retailers say they're cutting ties with their Illinois-based partners.Governor Pat Quinn signed off on a plan this week that requires online stores to collect state sales tax. Previously, Illinois consumers had

Wisconsin’s public workers no longer have collective bargaining rights. Lawmakers stripped them away Thursday, and the move’s causing a firestorm in pro-labor circles. But Illinois’ neighbor to the north isn’t the only one seeing an epic battle over workers rights.

A Chicago alderman says his South Side neighborhood is getting one of the country's first scaled-down Wal-Mart stores.Alderman Howard Brookins, Jr., 21st, is confirming the store will be built in Chatham, adjacent to a planned Wal-Mart Super Center in the same area.

Much attention has focused on how the Illinois state legislature might be prepared to take on public employee benefits – either to solve its budget deficit or change the way government works. But what about the other side of the equation?

As state lawmakers in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana battle over proposed changes to public employee benefits and bargaining rights, Illinois has remained largely absent from the growing debate. Some Democratic lawmakers from Wisconsin and Indiana have sought refuge in Illinois in recent weeks as

As legislative fights over the rights and benefits of public sector employees continue in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana, some are calling this a watershed moment for Big Labor. Historically, the Great Lakes states have been a bedrock of the labor movement - going all the way back to the labor st